Nutmeg container and grater.



E. A. PARKER.

" NUTMEG CONTAINER AND GRATER.

APPLICATION PILB'D PBB.19,1913.

1 ,079,434. Patented NOV. 25, 1913.

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` Sperrzficationl of Iietters Patent. 4 Patented NOV. 25, 14.913l

To all @hom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDMUND A.A BAKKER,

a citizen of 'thellnited States, residing at'- Meriden, in the county of New Havenand` State of Connecticut, have invented,cert-ainl new and useful Improvements in NutmegV Containers and Graters; andI do declare the following to bea-full, clear, and exactl description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to .which 1tY appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements 1n nutmeg containers and graters.

One object of the invention is to provide a container for nutmegs having in connection therewith a graterpwhich forms the cover for the container and is Vadapted to be removably fastened thereon. l

Another object is to provide 'a device of this character which will be simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, efficient in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

Vith these and other objects in view, thev invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combinationand arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

Figure l is a side view of my improved nutmeg container and grater. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the container with the combined cover and grater removed, and Fig. l is a cross-sectional view of the device.

In the embodiment of the invention I provide a container l which may be constructed of any suitable material but which is preferably formed of glass, porcelain or the like. The container is here shown'andV is preferably in the form of a hollow cylindrical body open at its upper end and having its lower end shaped to forma base 2 upon which the device is adapted to stand when not in use as a grater. The upper-end of the body of the container is externally threaded for a short distance as shown at 3. The body or container 1 may be of any` desired size but is preferably of suflicien'tsize for holding several nutmegs which when placed therein are protectedY from dust and kept in a sanitary condition ready for -use when needed. Adapted to be engaged with the container is a combined grater and cover 4 comprising a tubular cylindrical body portion the finsidetdi"ameter,of whichissubstantially the saine as the o utside diameter of the body of-` the container witli-whiclrsaidbody of the AVgrater is engaged when not in use. The

cylindrical body ofthe grater is punched throughfrom the inside to form a plurality. of` perforations 4a the edges of which are turned outwardly and form apgrating surface 4on the outer side'of the'body ofthe grater. 1

On the upper end of the body of the grater is a cap 5 the inner surface of which at the upper end of the body of the grater is threaded as at (whereby the cap may be screwed on to the upper end of the body of thecontainer thereby fastening the cap and the body of the grater in position on the container. When in this position the cap 5 forms atight closure for the container and protects the contents thereof. The cap 5 may be plain or constructed in any desired ornamental design as shown.

When it is desired to use the grater 3 the cap 5 is unscrewed from the upper end of the container and together :with the cylindrical body of the grater is removed from the container after which the cap serves as a handle by which the grater is held in position to receive the nutmegs which are rubbed on the outer grating surface thereof in the usual manner. After a sulicient quantity of the grated nutmeg has been obtained the remaining ungrated portion of the nutmeg may be replaced in the container and the grater and cap replaced thereon in the manner described F romA the foregoing description, taken in connection with the vaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutvdeparting from the principle4 or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

v Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

l. A device of the character set forth comprising a receptacle having an open top, a combined grater and cap having a body portion substantially the same height as the receptacle and adapted to telescope the same and to be detachably engaged therewith, said cap'beingk adapted to close the top of 'the receptacle when applied to it and to n from the receptacle.

' Copies ofl this patent may he obtained for ve cents each,` ley-addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. C.

Y 2. A nutmeg container and graterV comprisinga YhollouT cylindrical body open 'at 'itsfupper end, aV grater comprising la oylinl drical body closed Yai; its upper end to form'V` a cap,1and having its sides perforated'and`v Vthel edges of che lperforations turned rout- Wardly .to form an abrasive surface upon which `the vnutmegs may l'he grated and means'to removably fasten the grater and cap 'in position on said container to close vthe open end thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 15 nesses.

EDMUND A. PARKER. "Witnesses: y 'Y VPATRICK T.OBR1EN, 'FIELDING LYON. v' 

